SSHMP | Amateur Film Archive Films

[Herman's Birthday House Party in B&W and Color, ca. mid-50s]

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[Slaughterhouse; Chicago traffic, ca. mid-60s]

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[That's Incredible!]

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IMA[unclear] OF EARTH W/ FIRE

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Star Wars Jan 13, 1980

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Zombie

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Frederick Atkins Collection

Frederick Atkins shot these films of his wife, Loretta, and children in the East Side neighborhood. The collection includes the opening of the Chicago (formerly Calumet) Skyway. 8mm, Super 8mm. 1950-1980. 48 films.

Roberts Family Collection

This collection was shot primarily by Herman Roberts, his family and the staff of the Roberts Show Lounge. The films capture South Side nightlife from Englewood to Hyde Park, the Roberts Show Lounge in the '50s, rural Oklahoma, and Disneyland. 8mm, 16mm. Silent. 1950s. 34 films.

1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s

Super 8mm

Grand Boulevard South Side

Sound Silent

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